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Bryan Smith

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Son of Edward Smith and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]

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100.00% 100.00% Bryan Smith: 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BizarroB
~12.50% Sharel (Smith) McAdoo : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member eFsts717
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Vicky (Valentine) Moon

We are 6th cousins once removed.

posted Nov 13, 2021 by Vicky (Valentine) Moon

Bryan Smith

Nice to hear from you! As it happens, I've recently been looking into my 4th ggm Catherine Westfall, who was sister of Sarah Westfall, your 5th ggm. On ancestry.com there are DNA matches for me that have Sarah as an ancestor, so I'm pretty sure that our Westfall connection is real. This means (for both of us) that we are descendants of the early New Netherland couple Anthony Jansen Anthonis (Jansen) van Salee (abt.1607-1676) and Grietje Reyniers Grietje Reyniers (1602-1666), a sort of infamous couple if you believe the stories about them. And many other early Dutch settlers, of course.

Catherine Westfall's husband Cornelius Bogart is sort of mysterious, and I've been trying to find out more about him: he was probably sentenced to death for refusing to enlist in the rebel army during the Rev War, but he was granted clemency and must have survived, because he has descendants including me.

posted Nov 13, 2021 by Bryan Smith

Vicky (Valentine) Moon

Cornelius Bogart must descend from Sarah Rapalje's second husband surname Bogart. I descend from Sarah's first husband Hans Hansen Bergen.

posted Nov 13, 2021 by Vicky (Valentine) Moon

Bryan Smith

You may be right. There were two or three different early Bogart family lines, and I have trouble keeping them straight. The family line I most likely descend from came south from Fort Orange (now Albany) area, and they and related families migrated south and west toward what is called the Minisink area near the Delaware River, including Hunterdon County, NJ. An early Bogart in this line is Hendrick Bogart Hendrick Corneliszen (Van den Bogaert) Bogard (abt.1656-bef.1716). The Westfalls, by the way, were part of a different group that migrated to the Minisink area too, but seem to have ended up in Sussex County, NJ, or just across the river in Bucks County, PA.

posted Nov 13, 2021 by Bryan Smith

Vicky (Valentine) Moon

I descend from Catherine (Emmens) Westfall's daughter Sarah (Westfall) Hamilton. She drowned and her husband Thomas Hamilton remarried Lydia Colborn. Thomas and Sarah's son James Hamilton moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania where my mom, her mother and Hamilton ancestors are buried. I was born and raised in another state. Mom died age 49 from smoking and my dad died age 52 from alcoholism. I like to write stories about my ancestors. How I'm Related to Johnny Carson:

Nathaniel Westfall and Catherine Emmens. Sarah Westfall and Thomas Hamilton. Hannah Hamilton daughter of Sarah and Thomas married Jonathan Colborn brother of Lydia Colborn became Mormons. Catherine Colborn and Ezra Vincent. Also Mormons Viola Vincent and Samuel Hardy. Ella Hardy and Christopher Carson. Homer Carson and Ruth Hook. Johnny Carson.

posted Nov 13, 2021 by Vicky (Valentine) Moon
edited Nov 13, 2021 by Vicky (Valentine) Moon

Patricia (Long) Kent

7th Cousin thru Caleb Spencer - he is the 6th Great Grandfather to both of us

posted Apr 15, 2021 by Patricia (Long) Kent

Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN

Thanks Bryn for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz

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posted Oct 15, 2019 by Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN

Sylvia Benton

Hi!

Since you've been with WikiTree for a few weeks, I wanted to check in and see how you were doing. The New Member How-To's are available for you to look through if you would like. I hope you find them helpful. If you have any questions about how WikiTree works, don't hesitate to ask. Click on my name above and ask in the comment section of my page.

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posted Nov 04, 2018 by Sylvia Benton

Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby

Thank you for volunteering, Bryan!

You are now a full member of the WikiTree community. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

Start with the New Member How-To pages they are really useful as you add profiles and learn your way around.

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posted Oct 20, 2018 by Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby

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Welcome Bryan!

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posted Oct 20, 2018 by Hilary (Buckle) Gadsby

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